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cost mark

cost mark noun: any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.

Noun

cost mark (plural cost marks)

  1. Any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.
    • The first was found to contain $10,000 of diamond mounted goods, each piece still being tagged with Shoop's private cost marks. The second package contained nine papers of loose diamonds, valued at $6,000, […]1913, Credit & Financial Management, volume 13, page 789
    • 82 assorted finger rings with various cost marks some of which are as follows: […]1922, The Jewelers' Circular, volume 85, number 1, page 89

Forms of cost mark

pluralcost marks

Questions about cost mark

What does cost mark mean?
Cost mark means any of a series of usually arbitrary codes used by jewelers to communicate prices secretly.
What part of speech is cost mark?
Cost mark is a noun.
What is the plural of cost mark?
The plural of cost mark is cost marks.

Words near cost mark in the dictionary

  1. cost efficiency
  2. cost estimate
  3. cost estimates
  4. cost function
  5. cost functions
  6. cost mark
  7. cost marks
  8. cost object
  9. cost objective
  10. cost objectives
  11. cost of doing business

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